The Ruins of St. Paul

" The Ruins of St. Paul's (Portuguese: Ruínas de São Paulo, Chinese: 大三巴牌坊; pinyin: Dàsānbā Páifāng) refers to the ruins of a 16th century complex in Macau including of what was originally St. Paul's College and the Cathedral of St. Paul also known as "Mater Dei", a 17th century Portuguese cathedral dedicated to Saint Paul the Apostle. Today, the ruins are one of Macau's most famous landmarks. In 2005, they were officially enlisted as part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Historic Centre of Macau. " - Wikipedia

Going to St. PAul Ruins is easy. If your coming from the ferry terminal just ask at the Tourism information desk at the entrance of the ferry terminal for the bus number going to Senado Square. It is just a walk away from the Senado Square.

 Going there, you'll bump to different kinds of tourists; from asians to caucasians everyone is going to that direction. Along the streets there are several local food kiosk and souvenir shops. Just be careful of your belongings because its too crowded.

 Tourists are just everywhere,from the first stair to the entrance of The Ruins and of course, we are one of them!!! ☺☺☺

The view is magnificent. Not just the St. Paul Ruin wall but the overlooking view of the tall buildings of Macau.

Macau: A Fun Adventure with Gurlfriends

Macau (also spelled Macao, 澳門, Ou3 Mun4 in Cantonese, Àomén in Mandarin) is a Special Administrative Region (SAR) of China. Located across the Pearl River estuary from Hong Kong, until 1999 Macau was an overseas territory of Portugal. One of the world's most densely populated spots, Macau is best known as Asia's largest destination for gambling taking in even more revenue than Las Vegas. - Wikitravel

On our Hong Kong trip, we took a side-trip to Macau.

@ First Class Area

 Macau is an hour ferry ride from Hong Kong. There are several ferries going to and from Macau to Hong Kong from 7 am to 12mn ferry schedule.

Nap time after we filled-up the immigration form

 We left Hong Kong early and had the 8am ferry to Macau. Since we had a premier ticket, so there is a free breakfast on board and we took some rest and save some energy for our Macau Adventure.

Free meal @ First Class Ticket

And a memorable adventure begins.....

Senado Square

 With our map and the thrill of having a fun journey, we rode a public transport from the ferry terminal to the Senado Square. Thank you to the bus driver who understand us when we told him to drop us to the nearest bus stop.

And so, the never ending walk in Macau began...

From the bus stop, we walk in an alley going to the Senado Square. Tourist are already everywhere.

There are lots of shop in the Senado Square like Mc Donalds and Starbucks.

St. Francis of Asisi Entrance

We visited the St. Francis de Asisi Church located just in the Senado Square as we are on our way to the St. Paul Ruins.

Going to the St. Paul ruins you'll pass-by local food stalls and souvenir shops. And just be careful because the street is so crowded.

...And at the end of the street we found a beautiful ruins surrounded by different kinds of tourists and we are one of those. ☺☺☺

More of the St. Paul Ruins on my next blog....☺

Stairs to the St. Paul Ruins

 Tired and hungry after our ruins walk, we went back to the Senado Square to have a sumptous lunch at Mc Donalds.

inside the venetian bus

As we regained our energy, we went back to the ferry terminal and took the free bus ride to The Venetian Hotel.

inside The Venetian Hotel

... And it feels like in Venice !!!

Painted cloudy blue skies ceiling and a romantic gondola ride are just some what Venetian is all about. Though it is a hotel-casino place but non-gamblers can still enjoy the place.

More of The Venetian Hotel on my next blog...

The Grand Lisboa

Inside the Ferry Terminal

Macau Bridge at Night

When the sun goes down, it's bye bye Macau!!

Remembering Hong Kong

I wanna go back to these places.... (^_^)

Hong Kong is one of my favorite country to visit.. I've been here thrice already but still I wanna go back.

 My first visit here is with my former colleagues; it's our company outing. Thankful for the opportunity given. Bonding with officemates and friends.

The second visit is to attend a Convention but during free time we explored the city of Hong Kong..

@ HKIA Airport to Immigration

@  Ferry to the HK Convention Center

Third visit is a fun travel with girlfriends. Our first bonding outside the country.

Such a beautiful place!!!! ☺☺☺

Dahilayan Adventure Park

Before going home from Camiguin trip, we dropped-by at Manolo Fortich, Bukidnon to have a taste of the Asia's longest zip-linein Dahilayan Adventure Park.

Dahilayan adventure park is already featured in different sports tv. This is also the setting of KC Concepcion and Sam Milby's movie.

From Manolo Fortich highway, go to the Del monte Plantation road going to Camp Phillips which is just barely 30-minute ride. From the Camp Phillips Rotonda, your landmark is the big pineapple statue. Then, you'll passed by homes of the employees of Del monte passing the Camp Phillips compound.

half-way to Dahilayan

From Camp Phillips, Dahilayan is almost an hour drive thru rough roads with pineapple plantation as a good view with a good cold weather.

Dahilayan Adventure Park is an environment friendly park. It is a non-smoking zone park and were surrounded by beautiful pine trees and well maintained grasses plus the good weather condition.

Since, its almost lunch, we took our lunch at Pine Grove Mountain Lodge, and some rest while waiting for our turn in zipline zone.

the posers!!! ☺☺☺

In Dahilayan Adventure park, you can do a lot of things. From the extreme one to just simple strolling around the place.

☞ What to do in Dahilayan Adventure Park:

•  Zip Zones 

             840 meters zip-line – P500
             320 meter zip-line – P250
             150 meter zip-line – P250
             All Zip-line Ride Package – P600

• Rope Course 

             Ropes Course (2 level, 12 obstacles) – P200

• Wall Climbing

             Wall Climbing – P100

We tried the well known 840m  Asia's longest zip line.

From the waiting station at the park, the shuttle will bring you up the mountain for your jump-off point.

a pose to the jump-off point!!! exciting!! ☺

At the jump-off point, that is where you will be dressed up with all the safety gears and they will give you safety instructions.

waiting for my turn!!

Not a zipline firs-timer, I find it thrilling but got a little bit bored in the middle of the ride, indeed it is the longest zipline.

Fly like superman!!! ☺☺☺

I CONQUERED!!! ♥♥♥

After our ride, we got our certificate as a proof that we've conquered the Asia's Longest Zipline.

WE SURVIVED!!! ♥

We wanted to do the rope course and the wall climb but it was under maintenance when we were there.

At 3pm, it's bye bye time for us.. It's time to go home!!! ☺